Journals (accounts)
Subject
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Augusta Store Journal of Accounts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0197
Scope and Contents
The journal consists of entries from 1762-1766, arranged chronologically by month and year. Beneath the months the entries include the purchaser, the items purchased and their cost. In front of the purchaser's entry are large numbers and sometimes small numbers: the large numbers may have to do with a cross posting in another account book and the small numbers may be dates of the month. A variety of items were sold including alcoholic beverages, livestock, sewing items, and sundries....
Dates:
1762-1766, 1976
James Francis Byrnes Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0090
Abstract
The James F. Byrnes Papers document his career as a U.S. Senator, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, U.S. Secretary of State, and Governor of South Carolina. The papers show his close relationship with President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Byrnes helps him pass New Deal legislation during the Depression and then coordinates the homefront economy during the war, as well as accompanying Roosevelt to the Yalta Conference....
Dates:
1831 - 2007; 1933 - 1972
Keowee Plantation Journal
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Mss-0056
Scope and Contents
The Journal lists work done on Keowee Plantation, owned by John Ewing Colhoun. It records the purchase and sale of farm products and weather conditions from January 2, 1853, to January 13, 1855. There are several lists of names of the plantation's slaves between 1854-1859 which in some cases give their ages, death dates, family relationships, and valuation. Brief mention is made of John Ewing Colhoun's sons, William Ransom Colhoun and Henry Davis Colhoun.
Dates:
1853-1859; 1853 - 1855
Rupert Taylor Journals
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss-0244
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four journal volumes, two pages of notes and an advertisement tipped into one of the volumes, and six photographs, which were also tipped into one of the volumes. The first volume covers the period April 5, 1907-May 17, 1909, the second June 1, 1909-March 13, 1911, the third March 18, 1911-December 31, 1913, and the fourth January 4, 1914-December 1, 1926. The journals have numerous gaps; there are no journal entries for 1915-1916 and 1922 and only one or two...
Dates:
1907 - 1926
Series 5: State Department Series, 1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947, 1945 - 1947
Series
Scope and Contents note
The State Department Series contains agendas, biographical sketches, book drafts, clippings, correspondence, correspondence indexes, cross-reference sheets, etchings, guidelines, journals, lectures, lists, maps, a medical report, memoranda, notes, photographs, press releases, proposals, reports, a subpoena, speeches, summaries, telegrams, and transcripts. Materials in this series relate to Byrnes’ tenure as U.S. Secretary of State and date from 1938-1972, with the bulk of the...
Dates:
1938-1972, bulk dates 1945-1947; 1945 - 1947
Walter Brown Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss-0243
Abstract
The Walter J. Brown Papers document his career as a reporter, Special Assistant to the Director of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion during World War II, Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, and owner of Spartan Communications (especially WSPA-Radio and WSPA-TV in Spartanburg, SC). There is also material relating to his personal life, particularly his interest in the Hickory Hill estate of Tom Watson; his involvement in politics, particularly with James F. Byrnes,...
Dates:
1879 - 1995; 1915 - 1992